Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 6 September 2024

Data

Court: Court of Justice

Case date: 6 september 2024

Verdict

Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 6 September 2024 –
Balgarskata federatsia po ribolovni sportove

(Case C-123/24)

"(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 53(2) and Article 94(c) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Interpretation of national law - Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court - Requirement to state the reasons justifying the need for an interpretation of certain provisions of European Union law by the Court of Justice and of the relationship between those provisions and the national legislation applicable - Lack of sufficient information - Manifest inadmissibility)"

1. Questions referred for a preliminary rulingJurisdiction of the CourtLimitsInterpretation of national lawPrecluded

(Art. 267 TFEU)

(see paragraph 26, operative part 1)

2. Questions referred for a preliminary rulingAdmissibilityQuestions referred without sufficient information regarding the reasons justifying the need for an answer to the questions referred for a preliminary rulingNo connecting factor between the dispute in the main proceedings and the provisions of EU law referred to in the questions referred for a preliminary rulingManifest inadmissibility

(Art. 267 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 94(c))

(see paragraphs 32-37, operative part 2)

Operative part

1. The Court of Justice of the European Union clearly has no jurisdiction to answer the second question referred for a preliminary ruling by the Administrativen sad Veliko Tarnovo (Administrative Court, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria), by decision of 2 February 2024.

2. The request for preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad Veliko Tarnovo (Administrative Court, Veliko Tarnovo) is manifestly inadmissible as regards the first question referred by that court.